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Wolfe (CHARLES an Irish poet born)

CHARLES, an Irish poet; born in Dublin, Ireland, Ireland, Dec. 14, 1791; was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and it was while there that the poem which has secured his fame, "Ode on the Burial of Sir John Moore," was published in the "Newry Telegraph" (1817). He was also the author of several other poems, and his "Remains" were published at Dublin (1825). He died at the Cove of Cork (now Queenstown), Ireland, Feb. 21, 1823.